ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Seeking Peace in Somalia: A review of the Impact of the AMISOM Police

Date: 2011-04-15

Venue: , ISS Seminar Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, (Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA Court

RSVP:
Ms. Khunjulwa Peter
Tel: 012 346 9500
Fax: 012 460 0997
Email: [email protected]

Presented by the Peace Missions Programme (PMP) and the African Conflict Prevention Programme (ACPP), Pretoria Office.

Since 2007, the African Union (AU) has dared to defy the odds in deploying the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). In accordance with the Communiqué of the 69th Meeting of the AU PSC (19 January 2007), AMISOM is to seek to stabilise the security situation…create a safe and secure environment…for transition to the UN.

AMISOM Police seek to assist in strengthening the operational and administrative capacity, restoring the integrity of the Somali Police Force, and enabling it to perform its principal duties under the Transitional Federal Government and National Safety and Security Plan.

The situation in Somalia has generally been unstable, although in recent times TFG and AMISOM forces seem to have made some gains on the security front.

The seminar seeks to provide a platform for an in-depth discussion of the practical impact of the role and contribution of the AMISOM Police towards the overall objective of pacifying a troubled country.

CHAIRPERSON:
Festus B. Aboagye, Senior Research Fellow, ISS

KEY SPEAKER:

Mr. Vance B. Gariba, Senior Police Advisor, AMISOM Police

RESPONDENT:
Emmanuel Kisiangani, Senior Researcher, ISS

Participants are free to use the information presented, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participants, may be revealed without his/her express permission.